Posted by: rocknroli on: February 18, 2008
It has been a few months since we went on a hike. Yesterday we decided to break the pattern and go for the Alamere Falls in Marin. It was our second time, but we enjoyed it thoroughly again. We use bahiker.com for most of our research for the local hikes. Bawa (Mayank) and his [...]
Posted by: rocknroli on: December 25, 2007
This trip was the highlight of the 4-day Christmas weekend. (Happy Holidays to everyone!). On Sunday Rucha, Arjun, Hrishi and I decided to bike across Golden Gate. Hrishi and I had done the exact trip on 4th of July this year, but he could not wait to do it again. Arjun decided to run instead [...]
Posted by: rocknroli on: September 12, 2007
Posted by: rocknroli on: September 11, 2007
Few weekends back, Hrishi and I went for a backpacking trip to Sykes Hot Springs in Big Sur. It was the perfect way to celebrate my last free weekend before classes started. Most long hikes give a psychological high of achievement but this one also packs an immense physiological reward – sitting in a pool [...]
Posted by: rocknroli on: July 30, 2006
This has been our tallest hiking achievement thus far…
4th of July weekend was our long planned Mt. Whitney trip. It was full of firsts – first backpacking trip, first Fourteener, freeze dried food, wag-bag, ice axe and crampon. Mt.Whitney, its the tallest mountain in Continental USA. (The tallest mountain is Mt.McKinley in Alaska)
Some facts, its [...]